Code Injection in Ansible - CVE-2014-4678
Published: February 20, 2020 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU30359
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-4678
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in crafted instructions. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-4657. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
Ansible
Gentoo Linux
ansible (Alpine package)
Gentoo Linux
ansible (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2014-4678
Update to version 1.6.4.
Ansible - update to 1.6.4
ansible (Alpine package) - update to 1.6.6-r0
ansible (Alpine package) - update to 1.6.6-r0
External References
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/5429b85b9f6c2e640074176f36ff05fd5e4d1916
- https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ansible-announce/ieV1vZvcTXU/5Q93ThkY9rIJ
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4678
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/26/30
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/02/2
- https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/freebsd-vid-2c493ac8-205e-11e5-a4a5-002590263bf5
- https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/gentoo-linux-cve-2014-4678